Grief & Loss

Cycles after ectopic

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cgh1988 wrote:

I had an ectopic pregnancy in December, emergency surgery on 12/27/16 at 10wks. The surgeon was able to repair my left tube, thankfully. Grateful for all my doctors and nurses! That was my first pregnancy.

I am now TTC again - I was released to do so after about 6 weeks, but waited another cycle. I've had about 3 or 4 cycles now that I haven't conceived, and it has been discouraging. I know many women try for years to conceive, so I should be patient, but we got pregnant on the first try last time, so it makes me wonder why it's taking longer this time.

My cycle has been weird. A few have been standard 28 days, but I had one that was 33 days and currently am on day 38 of this cycle and no period and negative HPT. It's weird though because I have pregnancy symptoms, like sore breasts/slight nausea/waking up to urinate at night/low energy, but am not pregnant or having a period. I do have more PMS symptoms that mimic pregnancy symptoms now after the ectopic. It's actually quite cruel of my body, because it makes me think I'm pregnant.

Anyone else who has had an ectopic - were your cycles normal or off afterward? How long until you were able to conceive again? Should I be concerned that it seems I'm just skipping a period this month? And did anyone have these type symptoms while missing a period but not pregnant?...so many questions! I feel like if I call up at the doctor's office, they will tell me to just wait and see about my cycle and not really answer anything.

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